Boiler-feeder.



E. STURGEON.

BOILBR FEEDER.

PPLIUATION FILED JULY 15,1908.

912,756. v Patented Feb. 16, 1909.

A Umweg UITEI) STATS PATEN T GFF-ICE.

EDWIN STURGEON, OF GIRARD, KANSAS.

BOILER-FEEDER.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN S'rUnGnoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Girard, in the county of Crawford and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Boiler-Feeders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in boiler feeders, and the object of the invention is to provide a pump connected directly to the operating rod or cross head of an engine piston 'and having novel means whereby the amount of water fed to the boiler may be readily regulated without interfering with the working of the engine.

With these and other objects in view, the invention resides in the novel construction and combination of parts, hereinafter' fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of an Ordinary stationary engine provided with the improvements. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the rocking arm and its connections. Fig. 3 is av top plan view of the same.

In the accompanying` drawings, the numeral 1 designates a stationary engine of the ordinary construction, being provided with the usual piston rod 2 connected with a cross head 3 and from thence through the medium of the rod i with the wrist pin of the wheel 5 secured upon the main shaft of the engine.

Secured upon the bed of the engine is a plate 6 provided with upstanding lugs or arms 7. These arms 7 are provided with suitable perfor-ations or openings which are adapted for the reception of a pintle 8, by which a rocking frame 9 is connected with the ears. This frame 9 comprises a substantially rectangular' member between the vertical arms of which is mounted a sliding head 10. This head 10 is pivotally connected with the piston rod 11 of a pump 12. One of the vertical arms of the rocking` frame 9 is provided with a suitable sleeve 13, and this sleeve is adapted for the reception of an arm 14 which is pivotally connected with the cross head 3 of the piston 2 of the engine. By this construction it will be noted that as the cross head 3 is reciprocated through the medium of the piston connected with the rod 2, the frame 9 will oseillate Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 15, 1908.

Patented Feb. 16, 1909.

Serial No. 443,679.

causing the piston within the pump cylinder 12 to reciprocate and draw water through a suitable inlet pipe 15 and force the same through an outlet pipe 16 to the boiler.

In order to provide for the regulation of the amount of water forced into the boiler, I have provided the cylinder of the engine 'with forwardly extending lugs 17 adapted for pivotal engagement with an L-shaped arm 1S. The horizontal member of this L- shaped arm is provided with a pivoted link 1S) which is pivotally coimected with the sliding head 10 of the rocker frame 9. The vertical arm of the L-shaped member 18 is connected, through the medium of a link Q0, with a pivoted lever 21, and this lever 21 is provided with a spring pressed pawl adapted for engagement with a toothed rack or segment 22. By this ar angement it will be noted that as the lever 21 is moved and retained in position through the medium of the pawl and toothed segment Q2 the sliding head 10 is moved either upwardly or downwardly upon the rocking frame 9, and the stroke of the piston within the pump 12 thereby readily regulated.

Having thus fully described the invention what is claimed as new is:

1. The combination with an engine having a piston rod and a cross head, a pump, a piston therefor, a rocking frame, a sliding head upon the rocking t'ran'ie and connected with the piston of the pump, and a loose connection between the rocking frame and the cross head of the engine.

2. The combination with an engine having a piston rod, a pump, a rocking frame having a sliding head connected with the piston of the pump, a loose connection between the rocking frame and the piston of the engine, an L-shaped lever havingl a pivoted link pivotally connected with the sliding head of the rocking frame, and means` for rocking the L-shaped lever to move the sliding head upon the rocking frame to regulate the stroke of the piston of the pump.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWIN STURGEON.

iVitnesses E. T. CAMPBELL, SHELDON B. HEWETT. 

